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Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...course, some people’s thoughts are 'better' than others in that they are more interesting, or more original, or more defensible, closer to the truth or whatever. In as much as all of our six figures had interesting, original, defensible, true abstract thoughts at a general level, so all of our six figures were good philosophers. The question posed, though, was not...
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Rock Clocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Rock Clocks

...course it cannot go back right to the formation of Earth, because the young Earth was hot and most of the outer part was probably molten, but even so this is a vast period of time. [The Earth. Image: NASA] How do we know how old the rocks are? We can think of geological time in 2 ways: relative and absolute. Relative time disregards years and only considers whether one...
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Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...courses Self-care is a concept that has been gaining further momentum over the past decade. However, it is a term that has gained new meaning in 2020; a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic has upended many aspects of our lives, disrupting how we live and work on a day-to-day basis, while also impacting on how we perceive the future. In combination, these circumstances...
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The history of surfing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The history of surfing

...course, getting wet is fine when the weather’s hot or the water’s warm, and summers in the Pacific waters of Southern California, Western Australia and the islands of Hawaii provide lots of both. In Britain the height of summer may only bring a few weeks’ sunshine, with water temperatures rising little above 18° even on the warm South West coast, and it is...
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Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...course A210, Approaching Literature. If you want to explore these topics further you could opt to study A100 The Arts Past and Present which includes material on Irish national identity in the unit ‘Tradition and Dissent’. A multi-disciplinary course, AA100 also introduces you to literary study. If you enjoy in-depth discussion and analysis of literature, you might be...
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Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...course ‘Environment and Society’, two lecturers discuss how a geographical imagination helps to understand how the environment is entangled with the cultural, the economic, the social, and the political. They also discuss how the new course draws upon cutting-edge research being carried out by the Open University’s academics. Environment and Society (DD213) will be...
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Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...courses and qualifications The reasons why historians disagree are many and varied, but the following represent some of them: Questions of the selection and relevance of evidence The method and the techniques of history Ideology and political predisposition The purpose for which history is studied in the first place More recently, arguments about the validity of...
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Ramadan: What do you need to know?
Education & Development

Ramadan: What do you need to know?

...course through the fasting learning to be a better person. This is not always easy as when you haven’t eaten or drunk anything, it’s hard to keep your cool and ensure you are being fair, honest, humble and so on... but nonetheless that is the test for Muslims and something we all embrace and value. The key question you might have is: what can employers, managers and...
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